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.*: ,*enEneettcr tfrAIITAGEfrIENTVKtrrtrascouNrY KITTITAS COUNTY CEMP o Participating in planning for incident management, short-term recovery operations, longterm-recovery, and the development of supporting operational plans, standard operating procedures, checklists, or other job aids. r Providing input to periodic readiness assessments. . Maintaining trained personnel to support interagency emergency response and support teams. o ldentifying new equipment or capabilities required to respond to new or emerging threats and hazards, or to improve the ability to address existing threats. . Coordinating resources resulting from response mission assignments. VI. RESPONSIBILITIES The following information identifies the emergency management responsibilities of agencies and other participating organizations. The goal is to work together, reviewing plans, agreements, and operational initiatives to ensure the whole community can build, sustain, and improve their capability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate all hazards. A. Etected/Appointed Officiats- Board of County Commissioners All Mission Areas Jurisdictional chief executives are responsible for the public safety and welfare of the people of their jurisdiction. These officials provide strategic guidance and resources across all five mission areas. Chief elected, or appointed, officials must have a clear understanding of their emergency management roles and responsibilities and how to apply the response core capabilities to make decisions regarding resources and operations during an incident, as needed. Lives may depend on their decisions. Elected and appointed officials also routinely shape or modify laws, policies, and budgets to aid preparedness efforts and improve emerqencv manaqement and response capabilities Prevention May routinely shape or modify laws, policies, and budgets to aid prevention (and neral NESS efforts. Protection May routinely shape or modify laws, policies, and budgets to ai d protection (and general preparedness) efforts. Establish policy and procedures for the municipality's chain of command and succession of auth Mitigation May routinely shape or modify laws, policies, and budgets to aid mitigation efforts. Response Chief executives' response duties may include: . Obtaining assistance from other governmental agencies; requesting state assistance from either the governor or other appropriate state agencies . Ensuring appropriate information is provided to the public o Providing local proclamation of an emergency, as prescribed in RCW 36.40.180 or RCW 70.05o Directing emergency legislative policy pertaining to an emergency or disasterr Providing liaison to other county commissioners or to ihe governor in emergency- or disaster-related matters; and e Maintaining current standard operating procedures (SOPs) at emergency o centers OCs November 2024 1 BASIC PLAN Page 34 of 63